Etter hva jeg kan lese her, så ble det levert 2 cabber av denne årsmodellen og begge er nå i Finland.
Claude Dubois has been the official Shelby dealer in Belgium from 1966 through to 1972. Initially his sales area was limited to Belgium, but later extended to Europe (1967-1969). Another important european Shelby dealer was Performance Cars. Ltd. from George Filippinetti in Geneve/Switzerland.
Claude Dubois sold about 120 - 125 Shelbys and Cobras to european 'snake maniacs'. When Claude received the bad news in 1970 that Shelby was not going to send any further G.T.350/500 to him, he proposed a special Shelby Europa licenced Mustang conversion to him.
Carroll agreed and the first one was completed in January 1971 and shown at the Brussels Motor Show. Actually all cars that went to Claude Dubois, were not send from Shelby American, but were ordered via Bob Ford, a dealership in Detroit, Michigan from Ford Motor Company. Not all were shipped via Bob Ford, some of the later cars went directly from the Ford factory to a shipping agency called Sopac Transport to Port Newark. research from Kevin Marti (
www.martiautoworks.com). Special Shelby parts were actually delivered from Shelby American.
Carroll Shelby joined the Brussels presentation and he had a good hot Chili with Claude together in the evening. It has not been reported, wether they had a portion of Belgium's famous Pommes frites as well, but it is very likely that they were available that same evening.
The Shelby Europa was offered as a fastback (sportsroof) and convertible, both powered by a 351. Acc. to french and dutch sales literature they were offered in a G.T.500 version as well.
One at least had a 351 race engine with a 780cfm Holley carb and 360HP, another one a 429 with a Drag Pack option and closely 400HP.
The cars were not allowed to be re-imported to the US due to the then stronger safety and exhaust emissions regulations. Due to the high fuel prices, the demand for a Shelby Europe was not really big, only scandinavians did not care as for most muscle cars in that period. Only 14 Shelby Europe were built and sold in 1971 and 1972. 9 are currently accounted for and on file of the SAAC.
There were 3 in the Netherlands, however the third dutch Shelby Europe of C.V. Bastiaanse has been stolen in 1987 and never appeared again. Watch out for a red one. One of the other one not yet found is the white 429 equipped Shelby Europa.
Only 2 of the 14 made are convertibles and both are currently owned by Rauno Harvima in Finland.
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